今朝夜明け近くに地震があった。

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今朝 夜明け 近く に 地震 が あった 。

English Translation

There was a weak earthquake toward dawn this morning.

Furigana

今朝(けさ)夜明(よあ)け近(ちか)くに地震(じしん)があった。

Romanji

Kesa yoake chikaku ni jishin ga atta.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

夜明け (よあけ)

dawn; daybreak

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

今

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま

Meaning: now

朝

Readings: チョウ、 あさ

Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

夜

Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる

Meanings: night, evening

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

地

Readings: チ、 ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

震

Readings: シン、 ふる.う、 ふる.える

Meanings: quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver